TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparison of anxiety between smokers and nonsmokerswith acute myocardial infarction
AU - Sheahan, Sharon L.
AU - Rayens, Mary K.
AU - An, Kyungeh
AU - Riegel, Barbara
AU - McKinley, Sharon
AU - Doering, Lynn
AU - Garvin, Bonnie J.
AU - Moser, Debra K.
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Background: Increased anxiety correlates with increased complications after acute myocardial infarction. Anxiety levels and use of anxiolytic agents have not been compared between smokers and nonsmokers hospitalized because of acute myocardial infarction. Objectives: To compare anxiety level, sociodemographic factors, and clinical variables between smokers and nonsmokers hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction and to examine predictors of use of ß-blockers and anxiolytic agents among smokers and nonsmokers. Methods: Secondary data analysis of a prospective multisite study on anxiety in 181 smokers and 351 nonsmokers with acute myocardial infarction. Anxiety was measured by using the State Trait Anxiety Inventory and the anxiety subscale of the Basic Symptom Inventory within 72 hours of admission. Results: Smokers reported higher anxiety levels than nonsmokers reported on both anxiety scales. Female smokers reported the highest anxiety and peak pain levels of all, yet women were the least likely to receive anxiolytic agents. Smoking status was not a predictor for anxiety level when sex, peak pain, use of ß-blockers in the hospital, and age were controlled for. However, smokers were twice as likely as nonsmokers to receive an anxiolytic agent and 60% more likely to receive a ß-blocker in the emergency department, and smokers were 80% more likely than nonsmokers to receive an anxiolytic agent during hospitalization when these variables were controlled. Conclusions: Older female smokers are at risk for complications because they are older than their male counterparts and less likely to receive ß-blockers and antianxiety medications in the emergency department.
AB - Background: Increased anxiety correlates with increased complications after acute myocardial infarction. Anxiety levels and use of anxiolytic agents have not been compared between smokers and nonsmokers hospitalized because of acute myocardial infarction. Objectives: To compare anxiety level, sociodemographic factors, and clinical variables between smokers and nonsmokers hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction and to examine predictors of use of ß-blockers and anxiolytic agents among smokers and nonsmokers. Methods: Secondary data analysis of a prospective multisite study on anxiety in 181 smokers and 351 nonsmokers with acute myocardial infarction. Anxiety was measured by using the State Trait Anxiety Inventory and the anxiety subscale of the Basic Symptom Inventory within 72 hours of admission. Results: Smokers reported higher anxiety levels than nonsmokers reported on both anxiety scales. Female smokers reported the highest anxiety and peak pain levels of all, yet women were the least likely to receive anxiolytic agents. Smoking status was not a predictor for anxiety level when sex, peak pain, use of ß-blockers in the hospital, and age were controlled for. However, smokers were twice as likely as nonsmokers to receive an anxiolytic agent and 60% more likely to receive a ß-blocker in the emergency department, and smokers were 80% more likely than nonsmokers to receive an anxiolytic agent during hospitalization when these variables were controlled. Conclusions: Older female smokers are at risk for complications because they are older than their male counterparts and less likely to receive ß-blockers and antianxiety medications in the emergency department.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 17053270
AN - SCOPUS:39049182682
SN - 1062-3264
VL - 15
SP - 617
EP - 625
JO - American Journal of Critical Care
JF - American Journal of Critical Care
IS - 6
ER -